01566nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000092159 StDuBDS 20150804193934.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120702s2012 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191741234 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JN50 .A57 2012 320.8094 23 Alonso, Sonia. Challenging the state [electronic resource] : devolution and the battle for partisan credibility : a comparison of Belgium, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom / Sonia Alonso. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (xiv, 262 p.) : ill. Comparative politics Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk that it will encourage peripheral parties to demand ever more devolved powers? The aim of 'Challenging the State' is to answer this question through a comparative analysis of devolution in four European countries: Belgium, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Decentralization in government. Decentralization in government European Union countries. State, The. Print version 9780199691579 Comparative politics. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691579.001.0001 37556 37556